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Leader Name:
David Masten
Team Members:
Pierce Nichols, Ian Moore, Jonathan Goff, Michael Mealling
Team Website:
masten-space.com |
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Vehicle Name(s):
XA-0.2
Approximate empty and gross weights
of vehicle:
980 lbs dry, 1800 lbs wet
Height and diameter
of vehicle:
11.5 feet by 4.5 feet, landing gear diameter: 10 feet
Propellant choices:
LOX / IPA |
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Vehicle Name(s):
XA-0.2B
Approximate empty and gross weights
of vehicle:
1010 lbs dry, 2650 lbs wet
Height and diameter
of vehicle:
11.5 feet by 4.5 feet, landing gear diameter: 10 feet
Propellant choices:
LOX / IPA |
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Masten Space Systems is a small startup company that is working to make space accessible to everyone by lowering the price to something any high school science class can easily afford. Following the tradition of Silicon Valley garage startups, the company is bootstrapping itself by applying proven IT project management techniques and the latest in low cost prototyping and manufacturing technology. Made up of former "dot-com" software developers and aerospace engineers who got tired of waiting for their "flying car", the team is dedicated to make space accessible to everyone in our lifetime.
Crew
Chief Bio:
David Masten is a manufacturing, mechanical, and
information technology engineer with extensive experience in managing
complex IT projects for Cisco Systems, Andiamo Systems, and
SBC/Ameritech (now AT&T). As past President of the Bay Area's
Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS), David oversaw the
development of the KISS hydrogen peroxide flight vehicle, the
Gizmocopter VTVL test platform, and numerous bipropellant and
monopropellant engine development projects and tests. David continues on
the ERPS Board of Directors.
Interesting Team Fact:
Nearly the entire team comes from the Silicon
Valley internet technology background.
Team Masten on the NG-LLC:
"The competition is an important way of proving that VTVL spacecraft are useful for earth-based flights as well as lunar landers. The public will see an almost "pit crew" style turnaround time between flights that shows how these vehicles can be operated just like aircraft. And that's the key to making space affordable." -David Masten, CEO
What is our next big milestone?
Tethered flights
Team Masten would like to thank :
None at the moment
What will we do if we win the prize?
Go to Disneyland!
Seriously, we'll apply the funds to our business and keep rolling toward
commercial flights in '08.
Why do we have an advantage over the competition?
Our business model
depends on rapid and cheap turn around of the vehicle. We have put a
large amount of time and effort into making refueling the only necessary
component to immediate reflight. |
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